Marine Le Pen says France can no longer give financial aid to Ukraine

Marine Le Pen, the National Rally candidate in France's presidential election, said at a POLITICO event Thursday that France can no longer afford to give financial aid to Ukraine, though she said she regrets this. She said Paris can still train Ukrainian soldiers and officers and supply material aid, but justified stopping cash support by France's "extravagant" public finances, which she blamed on Emmanuel Macron's terms. She called for French diplomatic efforts to find peace in the war that began with Russia's 2022 invasion.